Mr Varadkar said: “On the positive side, pretty much everyone has been rebooked or rescheduled, and all the other airlines will operate as normal so the amount of disruption has already been minimised.”

Independent TD Tommy Broughan last night urged the minister to intervene in the Irish Rail dispute.

He said: “I am very concerned about the industrial relations difficulties in Irish Rail. It is clear the cuts to subvention for Irish Rail and other majority State transport companies are having disastrous consequences.

“The minister needs to look at this issue again to prevent any disruption to our rail services.”

Close to 265,000 passengers will make their way through Dublin Airport this weekend.

Aer Lingus have added an extra 14 services to and from Dublin today.

The airline advises passengers to arrive in the terminal at least 90 minutes before their flight departure time - irrespective of whether they are checking in online or at the airport.